Device for jogging paper.



S. M. WILSON.

DEVICE FOR JOGGING PAPER.

APPLICATION FILED ocnze, 1915.

1,236,892. Patented Aug. 14, 1917. 3 SHEETS-SIREN 1. .9

S. M. WILSON.

DEVICE FOR JOGGING PAPER.

APPLICATION FILED ocnzs. 1915.

1,236,892. Patented Aug. 14, 1917.

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S. M. WILSON. DEVICE roa JOCGING PAPER. APPLICATION FILED 0CT.28, I9I5.

Patented Aug. 14, 1917.7

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL M. -WILSON, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

.DEVIQE FOB! J'OGGING PAPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Continuation of application Serial No. 829,160, filed April 2, 1914. This application filed October 28, 1915.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL M. Wmsorr, a citizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Devices for Jogging Paper, of which the following is a specification.

One object of my invention is to construct a device for jogging paper or like material so that the sheets will be separated by a vibrating action and will settle on edge into a uniform mass by gravity.

A further object of the invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive device for jogging sheets either by power or by hand.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a series of comparatively narrow compartments so that a number of sheets can be jogged at the same time.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a side. view of my improved machine for jogging paper or like material;

Fig. 2 is an end view;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line a -a, Fig. 1;

Fi 4 is a detached perspective view of the rame illustrating the arrangement of the partitions;

Fi 5 is a View illustrating a cam as a substitute for the crank;

Fig. 6 is a sectional view illustrating a modification of the jogging machine;

Figs. 7 and 8 are views of a modification illustrating a frame suspended by straps with means for jogging the frame;

Fig. 9 is a modification showing a suspended frame set at an angle; and

Fig. 10 is 'a sectional view of a modification showing a slotted frame.

, Referring to the drawings, 1 is a base having uprights 2. These uprights, in the present instance, have inclined faces 3. 4: 1s a frame having a back 5 and a bottom 6 arranged at right angles to each other, in the present instance, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. The back 5 is preferably arranged parallel with the inclined faces 3 of the uprights. The frame has vertical end walls 7 and partitions 8 spaced a given distance.

apart. The partitions and end walls are preferably recessed at 9 so that the sheets can be readily removed from the spaces between the partitions.

The frame 4 is connected to the uprights 2 by links 10, one end of each link being mounted on a pivot pin carried by the uprights and the other end by a pivot pin Patented Aug. 14, 1917. v

in bearings 2 in the uprights 2 and on the shaft is a grooved belt wheel 15 and a fly wheel 15. In the present instance, the shaft 11 is driven froman electric motor 16 secured to the under side of the table 1 and the armature shaft of this motor has a belt wheel-17 and a belt 18 passes around both wheels 15 and 17 so that the shaftll is rapidly rotated by the motor, but it will be understood that other means may be provided for driving the shaft by power, as the mechanism can be belted directly to a line shaft or the shaft can be geared to a handled wheel and operated by hand, as clearly shown in Fig. 6.

I preferably perforate the inclined walls of the frame near the base as at 5 and 6 to provide openings for the passage of air so that, when the device is ogged, the air will more readily enter between the sheets and consequently will'allow them to more quickly gravitate to the bottom than in the case where air openings are not provided. The openings may be formed by boring holes in the walls as in Figs. 1 and 3, or the walls may be formed as in Fig. 10, which illustrates a modification in showing the side wall and bottom of the frame 4 made of longitudinally arranged slats, spaced a sufiicient distance apart to allow for the free passage of air. This construction also materially reduces the sound due to the shar impact of the sheets on the frame.

4 In some instances, a strip of felt, rubber, or other sound absorbing material may be used, as illustrated at w in Fig. 6, for reducing the sound. 7

The table 1 is preferably mounted on legs 1*, or other suitable supports, so that the machine will be at the proper height to enable an operator to quickly insert and remove sheets from the spaces between the partitions.

On the pivot pins for the links 10 are springs, shown clearly in Fig. 1, which tend to press the links against their bearings and While the frame can be freely jogged it is yieldingly held against lateral movement. These springs also prevent the rattling of the parts and make the device run smoothly.

The invention may be used for jogging paper prior to its location on the feed table of an automatic press, or it may be used for jogging paper after it leaves the press so as to bring the edges of the sheets of a pile of paper in alinement, and it will be understood that the machine can be used for jogging sheets of other material than paper.

In operation, the machine is driven at a given speed to produce a trembling or jogging action to the frame and the bundles of sheets of paper are inserted in the spaces between the partitions, the partitions being so spaced apart that they will tend to hold the bundles of sheets of paper in an upright position, obviating the necessity of using the hand to hold the paper during the operation. Furthermore, in a job printing ofice where a number of independent jobs are being printed, the partitions can be usedto divide the different orders, each order being kept se arate.

preferably so design the cranks for jogging the frame and the links for holding the frame that the frame does not come in contact with the inclined faces of the uprights but they may be designed so that it will come in contact where excessive jogging or jarring is desired.

In Fig. 5, I have illustrated a modification in which cams 12 are mounted on the shaft 11* and are used to jog the frame f. The cams preferably strike against a hearing plate on the frame so that as the shaft is turned the frame is raised and is allowed to fall on the inclined faces 8 of the uprights or against the cam.

In Fig. 6, I have illustrated cranks 12 on the shaft 11", which'are connected to the frame 4 by links in so that as the shaft is turned the frame is given a jogging motion. In this case, I have shown by dotted lines a pinion 19 on the shaft 11", which meshes with a gear wheel 20 mounted on a stud secured on one of the uprights and provided with a handle 21 by which it is turned.

In Figs. 7 and 8, I have illustrated a con- 55 struotion in which the frame f is suspended by straps 22 from an overhead structure and mounted in a hanger 23 is a shaft 11 having a cam 12 located in the head 24 on a rod attached to the frame 4. The cam is arranged to lift the frame and as it falls it will be stopped abruptly by the straps 22.-

While I have shown my improved jogging I of the paper will be carried by the parti- I tions or an end of the frame, as in Fig. 9. In this figure. I have shown a long shaft 11 having eccentrics 12 at each end and mounted in heads connected to the frame Inthis construction the straps illustrated in Fig. 7 are dispensed with.

It will be seen that in each one of the modifications the frame is provided with a bottom and a back arranged at right angles to each other, the bottom and back being inclined both to the horizontal and to the vertical. In other words, the back of the frame inclines upwardly and to the rear and the bottom is at right angles thereto. This construction produces a corner or angle at the junction of the bottom and back and into this angle the sheets of paper, which are assembled in the compartments, are caused to gravitate because of the jogging action given to the frame.

I claim:

1. The combination in a device for jogging paper, of a compartment frame having a rearwardly inclined back and a bottom at right angles thereto, said frame having end walls; means for loosely holding the frame in position; and means for imparting movement to the frame so as to jog the mass of paper arranged on edge in the frame.

2.'The combination in a device for jogging paper, of a frame having a back inclined upwardly and rearwardly and having a bottom at right angles to the back, said 1% frame havin end walls; means for movably supporting the frame in position; and

rotating means for imparting an abrupt movement to the frame.

8. The combination in a device for jog- 1e; ging sheets of paper, of a base having uprights at each side, each of said uprights having a face inclined upwardly and backwardly, a frame having a back substantially parallel with the inclined faces of 11s the uprights and having a,bottom substantially at right angles to said back; links yieldingly connecting the frame to said uprights; and means for imparting an abrupt movement to the frame, whereby a jogging movement will be given to the sheets assembled in the frame.

4:. The combination in a device for jogging sheets of paper, ofa base having uprights at each side; a frame having an inclined back and a bottom at right angles to the back; means yieldingly connectin the frame to the uprights; a rotating siaft; cranks on the shaft; and links adapted-to the cranks and connected to the frame so 123 that as the shaft is rotated the frame will be given a jogging motion.

5. The combination in adevice for joggin paper, of a frame having an inclined back and a bottom at right angles thereto 13.

and having a series of transverse partitions spaced apart to form compartments for small quantities of sheets of paper; means for loosely holding the frame in position' and means for imparting to the frame an abrupt movement, whereby the sheets, which are arranged on edge in the frame, are jogged.

6. The combination in a device for jogging sheets of paper, of a frame having an inclined back and a bottom atright angles thereto and having ends and intermediate transverse partitions spaced apart to form compartments for the paper to be jogged, the partitions being recessed; means for loosely holding the frame in position; and

means for imparting an abrupt movement to the frame to 'og the sheets carried thereby.

7. The com ination in a device for joggin papergoof a frame having an inclined bee and ttom and having a series of partitions spaced apart to form compart- 'ments; means for guiding said frame; a driven shaft; cranks on the shaft; links connecting the cranks with the'frame so that, as the shaft is rapidly rotated, the frame will be vertically reciprocated and will cause the sheets located in the compartments of the frame to be jogged so that their edges will be uniform.

SAMUEL M. WILSON. 

